“Lucky Man” is a Wood effort that features Eddie Vedder… somewhere. I think he’s in the mix in the chorus? Anyhow, the bluesy Stones sound is in full effect on this track with Wood coaxing some mean riffs out of his Gibson. Think “Happy” but without the horn section and with the promise of Eddie Vedder showing up… somewhere.

Check out the track streaming over at Antiquiet.

I Feel Like Playing arrives September 27th, and it features a slew of high-profile guest contributors, including Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist Flea, and solo extraordinaire Slash. But wait, there’s more! Also appearing on the 12-track effort are legendary singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson, ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons, Wood’s Faces bandmate Ian McLagan, and soul legend Bobby Womack. It’s nice to have friends.

You can find the album’s tracklist below. Then head to ronniewood.com, where you can stream the track “Thing About You”.

I Feel Like Playing Tracklist:
01. Why’d You Wanna Do A Thing
02. Sweetness
03. Lucky Man
04. I Gotta Go
05. Thing About You
06. How Am I Gonna Catch You
07. Spoonful
08. I Don’t Think So
09. 100%
10. Fancy Pants
11. Tell Me Something
12. Forever

As Spinner adds, Wood was questioned by police in Claygate, Surrey in Southeast England after the incident, which allegedly took place in a street near the couple’s home. Wood apparently spend the night in jail.

Wood began dating Ivanova after splitting with Jo, his wife of 24 years, last year.

“If we don’t do it very soon, one of us is gonna check out,” McLagan explaines. “I’m 64, for chrissakes! We’ve been waiting and waiting for Rod to say yes; now he’s finally said no. He’s busy doing other shit. So we’re gonna do it.”

Instead, the band could turn Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall to serve as Stewart’s replacement. Hucknall has experience with the band after all, having performing with them during last month’s surprise reunion at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

McLagan went on to note that the trio is also considering replacements for the band’s former bassist, the late Ronnie Lane, a list which includes the Sex Pistols’ Glenn Matlock and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea.

“I think it’s more exciting, actually, with different singers, different bass players, maybe some other guests, another guitarist or whatever,” McLagan said. “(Saxophonist) Bobby Keys would probably sit in. It’s more adventurous. It won’t be the same old shit.” We wouldn’t think so either.

Anyhow, things went pretty well, with Jones offering his desire to make the band’s “reunion” more than just a one-off.

“I’d like to think it’s entirely possible and I think it’s on the cards,” Jones said (via Undercover). “I’d love to see it in 2010, if not the following year but time’s not on our side, the sooner we do it the better. Like I said it’s all subject to everyone’s busy schedules.”

And despite his lack of an appearance, Mr. Stewart shared similar words in a recent interview with CNN (via TFB):

“[Faces had] a reunion… in London without me because I’m promoting this album… Hopefully, I’ll get me old job back. It’s on the cards. I’ll do it eventually.”

So, to summarize, a full Faces reunion will probably be happening sometime soon.

Talk about a lot to take in. So, how about we break it all down…

Jeff Beck

First up, Mr. Beck. Hot on the heels of news that the legendary guitarist will be headlining this year’s Montreal Jazz Fest, come word that following the appearance and other upcoming U.S. dates, Beck will likely return hit the studio to begin work on the followup to 2003′s Jeff.

The forthcoming session will mark the second time in as many years that the legendary musician will hit the studio with his backing outfit of keyboardist Jason Rebello, bassist Tal Wilkenfeld and drummer Vinie Colaiuta. However, unlike the material recorded from last year’s sessions in California, which is said to be sitting on a hard drive, the sounds of this time around may actually be packaged in a release. “There may be some fruit in there,” Beck said of music currently found in the hard drive, “but I’d rather just start again with the four of us, the way we work together, and start hacking together some things.”

Well, that if Beck finds the courage…

“I get this release phobia when I get halfway through a project. I go, ‘That’s no good. I don’t think that’s gonna work.’ Then I listen to it about a year later and think, ‘Eh, it would have worked. It’s just late not ’cause it’s old-fashioned,’ so it never gets done.”

Ronnie Wood

Ronnie Wood’s plans are a bit more concrete. The Rolling Stones guitarist/bassist has reportedly recorded a dozen songs for a solo album called More Good News, which will also feature the talents of producer Bob Rock and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder – is there anyone he isn’t hanging out with these days? No word on a release date, but when it does surface, it will mark Wood’s first album of new material since 2001′s Not for Beginners.

Al Jardine

Al Jardine will also look to tap quite a list of high-profile names for his own new studio album. Neil Young, Steve Miller, Stephen Stills, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, Glen Campbell, John Stamos, and former Beach Boys bandmate Brian Wilson all appear on Post Card From California, a 12-track effort billed as “a mix of original songs and ‘a Beach Boys standard or two,’ including ‘Help Me, Rhonda.’” In an interview with Billboard, Jardine described the album as a “a travelogue for California” – hey, now the album title makes sense! – full of “easy listening.” No word on a release date on this one either, but Jardine has unveiled the tracklist, which you can check out below.

Post Card From California Tracklist:
01. California Feelin’
02. Looking Down the Coast
03. Don’t Fight the Sea
04. Tidepool Interlude
05. California Saga
06. Honking Down the Highway
07. Driving
08. San Simeon
09. Help Me Rhonda
10. Postcard from California
11. And I always will
12. California Dreaming